The Horizon City teenager who raised money by claiming to be dying of cancer was arrested Friday evening after being indicted on a theft-by-deception charge, officials said.

Horizon City police arrested Angie Gomez, 19, at her place of work after a warrant was issued, Detective Liliana Medina said.

Gomez was jailed, and her bond was set at $50,000.

On Thursday, a grand jury in the 34th District Court indicted Gomez on a state jail felony charge of theft by deception, the amount of the theft being more than $1,500 and less than $20,000, documents stated.

The young woman with an infectious smile had told a heartbreaking tale of having leukemia as a child and now fighting a fatal resurgence of the cancer.

She told classmates at Horizon High School that doctors in January 2011 had given her six months to live.

Classmates and teachers rallied around her and held fundraisers, and then she was invited to speak at other schools. Several people helped Gomez create the Achieve the Dream Foundation intended to help families of children with cancer.

On June 2, 2011, Horizon City police opened an investigation after receiving a complaint that Gomez did not appear to be ill.

It had been six months, the time doctors had supposedly told her that she had left to live.

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Police had said detectives found no information that Gomez ever had cancer.

Detectives had spoken to Gomez and her mother, who apparently was not aware of the extent of her daughter's fundraising, police said.

The mother believed Gomez was trying to straighten out the matter, police said.